As promised, I have another chocolate and peppermint recipe for you today – first there were cookies, and now we’re eating cake!
I’m a guest post at Roxana’s Home Baking, one of my favorite baking bloggers. Roxana constantly amazes me with her beautiful layer cakes and gorgeous loaves of bread; I’m convinced she was born to bake! I’m excited to participate in her event 25 Recipes to Christmas, a month-long celebration of Christmas treats.
Please visit Roxana’s Home Baking for the recipe!
Chocolate-Peppermint Bundt Cake
Batter
1 cup boiling water
6 Tbsp unsweetened cocoa
2 1/2 cups flour
2 tsp baking soda
1 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 cup unsalted butter, at room temperature
3/4 cup plus 2 Tbsp sugar
1/4 tsp plus 1/8 tsp peppermint extract
3 large eggs
2/3 cup plain fat-free yogurt
1/4 cup mini semisweet chocolate chips
Glaze & Topping
3/4 cup powdered sugar, sifted
1 to 2 Tbsp low-fat milk
1 Tbsp unsalted butter, melted and cooled
1/8 tsp peppermint extract
2 peppermint candy canes, crushed
Preheat oven to 350°F and coat a 12-cup bundt pan with nonstick spray. Whisk together boiling water and cocoa, then set aside to cool. Whisk together flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt in a medium bowl.
Beat butter, sugar, and peppermint extract in a large mixer bowl at medium speed until well blended (about 3 minutes); add eggs one at a time and beat well. Whisk yogurt into cooled cocoa mixture. Add half of flour mixture to sugar mixture and beat until just combined. Add cocoa mixture, then finish with remaining flour mixture. Fold in chocolate chips.
Spoon batter into prepared pan and smooth with an offset spatula; tap pan sharply to remove air bubbles. Bake 34 to 35 minutes, until cake begins to pull away from edges of pan and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool in pan on a wire rack for 10 minutes; carefully invert onto rack and cool completely.
For the glaze, combine powdered sugar, milk, butter, and peppermint extract in a small bowl. Place wire rack with cooled cake over a piece of wax paper; drizzle cake with glaze and sprinkle with crushed candy canes; let set before serving. Store leftovers in an airtight container at room temperature.
Yield – 16 servings (serving size: 1 slice)
Calories – 210
Carbs – 36
Hi Laura,
Thanks so much for bringing this cake to my blog. It’s amazing. Yes I do love chocolate and peppermint. Holidays would not be the same without this intoxicating combo.
Laura, that cake is GORGEOUS!! Roxana isn’t the only one who was born to bake!!
Pretty pretty pretty!
Very very pretty! ♥
This looks like a great cake for my Christmas party…it is so pretty.
Oh that is gordg!! Hopping over to Roxana’s!
So pretty Laura. I love the simplicity yet universal popularity of bundt cakes. This will be great for any holiday event, thanks!
That’s one beautiful bundt! :D
Just beautiful! I love chocolate and peppermint!
Could there be a more perfect cake for a holiday celebration? Beautiful photos – looks almost too pretty to eat (almost)! :)
oh laura,
this looks beautiful!
This is the most festive looking cake! Off to Roxana’s :)
This is stunning, Laura! Nothing better than chocolate-mint combo!
This cake is so gorgeous Laura! I will be heading over to check out the recipe ASAP!
Beautiful cake for the holidays!!! I would be thrilled to serve this lovely creation to my family at Christmas-going to check out your guest post;-)
Yummy! Looks like made with perfection….and i love roxy’s blog too, she is too addicting and i am dreaming about her picture perfect recipes!:)) Will check it!!!!
this is stunning and super gorgeous. i’d be too afraid to eat it haha
So much beauty and flavor in one cake! I love it.
This is such a pretty cake and so festive for this time of year! I look forward to checking out this recipe! :)
Very pretty bundt cake I can’t get enough peppermint in the season!
This cake is so pretty, Laura. The perfect way to have chocolate and peppermint. Will go over to get the recipe from Roxy:)xx
Oh so very pretty! I tried baking candy canes in biscuits over the weekend and it was a disaster. Maybe I’d have more luck putting them on top of the goodies.
So pretty and festive! Brilliant idea for candy canes :)
Such a stunning Bundt, sparkling with peppermint! A splendid holiday dessert!
Laura, this is some serious bundt! I mean, c’mon, who doesn’t want to eat this? Seriously!
Laura – what a perfectly stunning holiday delight! I bet this was super tasty!!!
I drooled at this photo when you shared it in Instagram and now looking in a bigger screen, it looks more tempting! Happy Holidays :)
Ooooo that is such a stunning and gorgeous cake! Wow….
This is the prettiest bundt cake for Christmas! I agree Roxana was born to bake, but I must add you were born to bake too!!!! I was born to eat… ;) Heading over now.
Peppermint and chocolate is such a wonderful combination. It looks beautiful.
I love that candy cane and snow pattern on top of it! :D
Laura, this cake is a stunner!
What a beautiful cake, Laura! I’d give anything for a slice with my coffee right now!!!
That is such a beautiful Bundt cake Laura!
Oh this is gorgeous. I a may just have to make it for Christmas!
What a stunning bundt cake! And so festive! Can I please get a slice? It seems like you have plenty to go around, right?
What a gorgeous cake Laura! It sounds delicious too!
Gorgeous and so festive! Will pop over there now to check out the recipe!
What a gorgeous bundt cake Laura! I do wish I am in your kitchen right now having a slice (or two) of this cake. You and Roxana are such inspirations to baking!
This is absolutely stunning – I can never resist chocolate + peppermint!
What a gorgeous cake, Laura! I’m a recent lover of the chocolate and mint combo!
Laura your cake is stunning! It’s magazine-worthy, standing so tall and proud and just beautiful! Can’t beat that flavor combo, either!
I wouldn’t dare to cut a slice into this beautiful cake. Way too pretty to eat ;)
Such a gorgeous holiday cake!!
Peppermint cake… say what?! I love it!
A stunning cake, Laura! I’m popping over now to check out the recipe. Wishing you a wonderful holiday season!
What a beautiful bundt cake! Perfect for the holidays =)
What a stunning cake, it looks so festive and I bet it tastes heavenly!! Love Roxana’s baking, but let me tell you that yours is amazing just like hers! Heading over to Roxana now :)
Such a gorgeous Bundt cake! It just shouts Christmas :)
So beautiful and so festive!
Such a beautiful cake! I love the pretty decorations.
Cheers,
Rosa
Laura, I’ve got a silly question but I want to pin this but it comes up with the 25 recipes to Christmas image and no option to get the opening photo of the cake.
Hi Laura, I’m always left in awe of your creations. You too were born to bake. Heading over to see your guest post.
What a wonderful flavor combination – and a beautiful cake!
Really need to get myself one of those bundt pans… always makes such a pretty looking cake. Beautiful frosting too!
Chocolate and peppermint is such a winning combination. I’d love a huge slice of this with my cup of tea. I love the crushed candy canes on top.
Beautiful icing, how festive!
Beyond stunning, Laura. Really! I will have to stop by Roxana’s and have a second helping :)
Truly beautiful!!! I made a bundt cake this week with Chobani, they had a holiday dinner where we cooked fun recipes. I really love making bundt cakes, and need to make them more often:-) Chocolatey love happening here, hugs, Terra
What a gorgeous cake!!! I have added it to my Mouth Watering Mondays post. Come on over to see it at http://www.noshingwiththenolands.com Cheers, Tara
Super gorgeous–that’s all I have to say.